| NOUN | attribute | minuteness, diminutiveness, petiteness, tininess, weeness | the property of being very small in size |
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| attribute | minuteness | great precision |
| Meaning | The property of being very small in size. | |
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| Example | "hence the minuteness of detail in the painting" | |
| Synonyms | diminutiveness, petiteness, tininess, weeness | |
| Broader | smallness, littleness | The property of having a relatively small size |
| Spanish | menudencia, menudez | |
| Catalan | menudència, menuderia | |
| Adjectives | minute | infinitely or immeasurably small |
| Meaning | Great precision; painstaking attention to details. | |
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| Example | "he examined the essay with the greatest minuteness" | |
| Broader | exactness, exactitude | The quality of being exact / exact |
| Adjectives | minute | characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination |
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